niyati नियति – necessity; destiny; order
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
necessity; destiny; order
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
niyati ·f. the fixed order of things; necessity, destiny (also pers.).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
Ni-yati, is, f. restraint, restriction; the fixed order of things, necessity, destiny, fate, luck, good or bad fortune; a religious duty or obligation; self- command, self-restraint; (Niyati is sometimes per- sonified as a goddess, she and Āyati being regarded as daughters of Meru and wives of Dhātṛ and Vi- dhātṛ); (ī), f. an epithet of Durgā.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive feminine
niyati (von yam mit ni) f. die fest bestimmte Ordnung der Dinge, Bestimmung, Nothwendigkeit, Schicksal AK. 1,1,4,6. H. 1379. H. an. 3,273. MED. t. 121. HALĀY. 1,86. ŚĀṄKH. BR. 22,1. neben yadṛcchā ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,2. hetuyuktaḥ sadā sargo bhūtānāṃ pralayastathā . parapratyayasarge tu niyatirnānuvartate .. MBH. 12,7864. niyatirduratikramā HARIV. 4874. R. 4,24,4. R. 4,24,11 grasto niyatirāhuṇā RĀJA-TAR. 6,292. Personif. als Göttin MBH. 2,459. niyaterniyogāt ŚIŚ. 4,34. Āyati und Niyati Töchter von Meru und Gemahlinnen Dhātarʼs und Vidhātarʼs BHĀG. P. 4,1,44. VP. 82 (wo fälschlich Niryati gedruckt ist). VP. 85, N. 11. niyatī als Bein. der Durgā NIRUKTĀDHYĀYA_im_DEVĪ-P. ŚKDR. = niyama, saṃyama Beschränkung u. s. w. H. an. MED.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
niyati , mahāmāyetyavidyeti niyatirmohinīti ca . prakṛtirvāsanetyeva tavecchānanta kathyate .. SARVADARŚANAS. 66,9. fg.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
niyati f. die fest bestimmte Ordnung der Dinge, [Page3-208-a] Bestimmung, Nothwendigkeit, Schicksal. Auch personificirt.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
niyatiḥ f. 1 Restraint, restriction. 2 Destiny, fate, luck, fortune (good or bad); niyatibalānnu Dk.; niyaterniyogāt Śi. 4. 34; Ki. 2. 12, Ki. 4. 21. 3 A religious duty or obligation. 4 Self-command, self-restraint.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
niyati f. Bestimmung, Notwendigkeit, Schicksal.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
niyati f. nécessité; destinée. Obligation.
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